threesies

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noun

A call in any children's game, such as jacks, where three actions must be performed.

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Meanings

nounthreesies (plural threesies)
  1. A call in any children's game, such as jacks, where three actions must be performed.

    She had missed on fivesies, I'd missed on threesies, and this would be the deciding round.

    1999, Susan J. Bandy, Anne S. Darden, Crossing boundaries, page 239
  2. childishThe sharing of something between three people.

Origin

From three + -sies.

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APA

threesies. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/threesies

MLA

“threesies.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/threesies. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “threesies,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/threesies.

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